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john boehner said this is his moment. his opportunity to leave. shannon: i would like to play a little bit more about what john boehner has said. and then i would like to play more about what brett said about this. but first, what john boehner said to diane sawyer. >> raising taxes is the wrong prescription. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. frankly, it could not even pass the house. shannon: bret baier is the anchor of special reporting. what is your reaction? we understand that the president will invite congressional leaders over. >> we will also probably here from his senior adviser, david plouffe. the one thing that is interesting, if you look at the polls on the question of income tax rates, you have 47% that want to increase for those about 250,000. no increase for anyone tax increases, and 13%, increases for all. 47% 1,250,000 or above and 48% don't raise them at all or reason for everyone. so, you know, if you look at the exit polls, there is not really a definitive answer there. the republicans are going to say this is not the right a
john boehner said this is his moment. his opportunity to leave. shannon: i would like to play a little bit more about what john boehner has said. and then i would like to play more about what brett said about this. but first, what john boehner said to diane sawyer. >> raising taxes is the wrong prescription. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. frankly, it could not even pass the house. shannon: bret baier is the anchor of special reporting. what is your reaction? we understand...
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speaker boehner, nancy pelosi, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid. earlier today, the senate majority leader sounded frustrated with the republicans in congress. >> nothing can move forward unless speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell are willing to come up with a bipartisan plan to participate. speaker boehner is unwilling to negotiate. we have not heard a word since neither mcconnell. nothing has happened. >> i should note that senator reid was due for a news conference later this afternoon. that has since been canceled. perhaps the senate majority leader has decided to do his talking behind closed doors and hammer out a deal. greg: filled with metaphors, no doubt. what a republican saying about the status of the fiscal cliff negotiations? reporter: they have been pretty quiet so far. we know the speaker of the house and the republican leadership team in the house is due for a conference call with members that are still back in their home districts later this hour. we expect senate republican leader mitch mcconnell to be on the senate floor. the top
speaker boehner, nancy pelosi, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid. earlier today, the senate majority leader sounded frustrated with the republicans in congress. >> nothing can move forward unless speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell are willing to come up with a bipartisan plan to participate. speaker boehner is unwilling to negotiate. we have not heard a word since neither mcconnell. nothing has happened. >> i should note that senator reid was due for a news conference later this...
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that is the charge from house speaker john boehner. we will show you why he's making that charge, on what basis, in a fair and balanced debate right after this break. >> these are the types of political stunts and, frankly, they aren't worth and worthy of his office. this is the biggest job in the world. and i've never seen a president make it smaller. ♪ ere's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. our premium litters now work harder to help neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. megyn: some harsh new criticism lesmed against president obama by the speaker of the house, john boehner, mr. boehner accusing the president of inventing a, quote, fake fight with republicans over the issue of student loan rates. so he, president obama, can score political points with voters in an election year. take a listen: >> for the president to make a campaign issue out of this and then to travel to three battleground states and go to three large college campuses on taxpayers' mo
that is the charge from house speaker john boehner. we will show you why he's making that charge, on what basis, in a fair and balanced debate right after this break. >> these are the types of political stunts and, frankly, they aren't worth and worthy of his office. this is the biggest job in the world. and i've never seen a president make it smaller. ♪ ere's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. our premium litters now work harder to help neutralize odors in...
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john boehner has already talked about working with the president on this. let me say this, the vitriol of the last two years or maybe the last four years on both sides to have fence, democrats and republicans, need, that needs to stop. we need to move forward together as a united america and put the vitriol away, put the campaign mode away. i think all americans want that. i know some republicans want that and some democrats want that. let's find that common ground and move forward. shannon: this event that the president had last friday at the white house to a lot of people looked a lot like a campaign event. they was surrounded by people who were described as middle class americans who had voted for him and stakeholders who want to see his particular plans forwarded. there were no questions from the press. it looked a lot like a campaign event. brad, this is part of what the president had so say. he said on tuesday voters said loud and clear on tuesday they won't tolerate politicians who use compromise as a dirty word. cooperation, consensus. is the presid
john boehner has already talked about working with the president on this. let me say this, the vitriol of the last two years or maybe the last four years on both sides to have fence, democrats and republicans, need, that needs to stop. we need to move forward together as a united america and put the vitriol away, put the campaign mode away. i think all americans want that. i know some republicans want that and some democrats want that. let's find that common ground and move forward. shannon:...
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boehner can't deliver. when he said, okay, i'm going to give him that $800 billion, the republican congressional congressmen looked like a circular firing squad. i mean, the first guy they shot was john boehner. >> there wasn't enough spending to offset the revenue that republicans were willing -- >> there was no spending cuts. >> [inaudible] against yourself. >> there was no spending cuts, brad, that was just a revenue piece. >> that's exactly the problem. republicans are not going to give in on revenue without the democrats having a clear plan -- tbreg. gregg: brad, let me ask you this, when john boehner's plan b explodes like a death star, and a congressman said it's the same 40-50 chung lheads that -- chuckleheads that all year long have screwed up this place. is it the tea partiers who refuse, by the way, to compromise on anything with anybody, or is it john boehner's leadership skills that are lacking? >> i think what's lacking here is a president who refuses to sit down with the leadership -- [laught
boehner can't deliver. when he said, okay, i'm going to give him that $800 billion, the republican congressional congressmen looked like a circular firing squad. i mean, the first guy they shot was john boehner. >> there wasn't enough spending to offset the revenue that republicans were willing -- >> there was no spending cuts. >> [inaudible] against yourself. >> there was no spending cuts, brad, that was just a revenue piece. >> that's exactly the problem....
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john boehner believes they are going nowhere fast. their frustration is the president campaigned on raising taxes of $800 billion and the proposal yesterday was $1.6 billion in taxes, but there is also new spending, about $50 billion. john boehner teed off on that. >> the white house spent three weeks trying to develop a proposal and they sent one up here that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes. calls for not even $400 billion in cuts, and they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater and the amount they are willing to cut. it's different was not a serious proposal. >> reporter: boehner saying he stuck his neck out the day after the elect when he said he would put tax revenues on the table. he believes there is very little progress on the white house side in terms of spending cuts. so the boehner position is until the white house puts more spending cuts on the table he's not ready to kit a deal. the white house position is you have got to move forward on this tax position and we'll deal with spending cuts later. they
john boehner believes they are going nowhere fast. their frustration is the president campaigned on raising taxes of $800 billion and the proposal yesterday was $1.6 billion in taxes, but there is also new spending, about $50 billion. john boehner teed off on that. >> the white house spent three weeks trying to develop a proposal and they sent one up here that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes. calls for not even $400 billion in cuts, and they want to have this extra spending that's...
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boehner has made a concession on principle. i would say he's capitulated on principle, and barack obama saying in the press conference he's insisting on 100%, he's capitulated. this was the buffett rule, the millionaires' tax. why can't he -- megyn: charles krauthammer is the one who used the term narcissistic last night. >> yep. megyn: and he said, i think he would take issue with your characterization of being an end game frustration. he seemed to think the president is more systematic in this attitude. let's listen to what he said. >> he talks about the other side as being unprincipled, not interested in the national interest, slaves of ideology which he says makes no sense. and as you mentioned, invested in opposing him to the point where they're willing to let the country suffer. there's no reason he can't either avoid that or give some credit to the other side for sincerity in just seeing a different way to approach the crisis the country has. megyn: your thoughts. >> i think the president is expressing frustration becaus
boehner has made a concession on principle. i would say he's capitulated on principle, and barack obama saying in the press conference he's insisting on 100%, he's capitulated. this was the buffett rule, the millionaires' tax. why can't he -- megyn: charles krauthammer is the one who used the term narcissistic last night. >> yep. megyn: and he said, i think he would take issue with your characterization of being an end game frustration. he seemed to think the president is more systematic...
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boehner was strong on it. but we are starting to hear a couple of republican voices say agree to the tax reduction on the middle class and tax hikes on the rich in exchange for nothing and we'll talk about the rest later. >> that's the big problem. the untenable political position where they lost election in a pretty big substantial way. so it's a losing political argument to say we are going to capture or stop our progress off the fiscal cliff in exchange for these kind of tax hikes. megyn: is that consistent with the republicans' history. you wrote about president reagan saying he sought to protect future generations from the government's desire to spend future generations' money and tax them into servitude when the tax become due. >> the truth matter is what we are doing is fiscally irresponsible and unsustainable. the on solution we have to our economy and future problems is a sustained economic growth. raising taxes during this economic downturn -- remember president obama just a couple years ago didn't w
boehner was strong on it. but we are starting to hear a couple of republican voices say agree to the tax reduction on the middle class and tax hikes on the rich in exchange for nothing and we'll talk about the rest later. >> that's the big problem. the untenable political position where they lost election in a pretty big substantial way. so it's a losing political argument to say we are going to capture or stop our progress off the fiscal cliff in exchange for these kind of tax hikes....
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that's the problem for speaker boehner. and whether he allows the vote, knowing majority of his members probably won't go along with it, that's the first hurdle to get over, and, two, if he has the votes, i should back up here. there are democrats who have problems with this as well. you had senators on the democratic side, senators franken and harken and sanders going to senator reid's office apparently this afternoon and have a problem with raising the limit from $250,000 to $400,000, on the tax cut exemptions. we have a long way to go. it's hard to believe we are 1:36. so 12:00 midnight is approaching fast and there is a lot of road to go before anything develops. arthel: it's unbelievable. the american public is fed up with it. what are you hearing in terms of having vice president biden negotiate with mitch mcconnell. they have relationships with many of the people in the senate and perhaps do you think they could get together? it seems like their talks have helped in some regard. do you think they will take it back to
that's the problem for speaker boehner. and whether he allows the vote, knowing majority of his members probably won't go along with it, that's the first hurdle to get over, and, two, if he has the votes, i should back up here. there are democrats who have problems with this as well. you had senators on the democratic side, senators franken and harken and sanders going to senator reid's office apparently this afternoon and have a problem with raising the limit from $250,000 to $400,000, on the...
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he was very happy that speaker boehner is plan failed. then, bill bennett came on, a well-known conservative and said i'm not happy. i don't know how this is going to play out with the american people. while two conservatives may think this is a good thing, this may not play well, it and it may not help republicans at the ballot box in 2014. what is the conventional wisdom emerging in washington right now from republicans or? >> the conventional wisdom emerging from republicans is oh, boy. they now realize and understand the magnitude of the situation. the bleep was somehow at the end, a magic solution will present itself. it would get everybody out of this tuition. it would be like what we saw, the same device that created the fiscal cliff. sequestration and we did back in august 2011. this was the whole idea that and then something happens. last night was the first illustration for everybody finally checked and said, wait a minute, we could actually go over this thing. this is where people who think that it's good, and there are people
he was very happy that speaker boehner is plan failed. then, bill bennett came on, a well-known conservative and said i'm not happy. i don't know how this is going to play out with the american people. while two conservatives may think this is a good thing, this may not play well, it and it may not help republicans at the ballot box in 2014. what is the conventional wisdom emerging in washington right now from republicans or? >> the conventional wisdom emerging from republicans is oh,...
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he's trying appease his boss, john boehner. your information is if this goes forward tomorrow within a contempt of congress vote. if it goes to the full house floor for a vote, they have got the votes against him. >> the oversight committee is 22 republicans, 16 democrats. they can get out of committee. i'm also told they can get it if it gets to the house floor and they have the votes to get it there. an important party here is the national rifle association. i have been told by several people that they want this to go forward. they can do a lot of arm twist. there is something called the nra scorecard. if you are a member of congress you don't want to get graded down. they can target your district. there are some democrats in swing districts in southern states who could not handle a negative nra vote. megyn: our viewers should keep in mind, there are reports and some believe this entire operation was not a botched gun running sting, it was an intentional operation to let guns walk to gin up anti-gun sentiment. attorney genera
he's trying appease his boss, john boehner. your information is if this goes forward tomorrow within a contempt of congress vote. if it goes to the full house floor for a vote, they have got the votes against him. >> the oversight committee is 22 republicans, 16 democrats. they can get out of committee. i'm also told they can get it if it gets to the house floor and they have the votes to get it there. an important party here is the national rifle association. i have been told by several...
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want to leave our viewers with this from speaker boehner. he says today the justice department is out of excuses. congress has given attorney general holder more than enough time, and he says either the justice department turns over the information or congress will have no choice but to move forward with holding the attorney general in contempt for obstructing an ongoing investigation. that is from house speaker john boehner's office today. so should mr. holder be held in contempt of congress? it would only be the second time in history, janet reno -- attorney general under president clinton -- became the first attorney general to be cited for contempt back in 1998. that was after she refused to turn over justice department memos in a battle over how to prosecute alleged campaign finance abuses. next hour we will take a look at how that worked out, and we'll talk about the potential political risk to both sides from this high-stakes showdown between congress and the doj. we're also expecting that the white house will take a lot of questions
want to leave our viewers with this from speaker boehner. he says today the justice department is out of excuses. congress has given attorney general holder more than enough time, and he says either the justice department turns over the information or congress will have no choice but to move forward with holding the attorney general in contempt for obstructing an ongoing investigation. that is from house speaker john boehner's office today. so should mr. holder be held in contempt of congress?...
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john boehner warning the republicans, do not spike the football this it is overturned in whole or in part. americans are already enjoying their phraseology. let's look at what real americans are saying and how the law will actually affect them. according to a survey 52% of likely voters want this law own turned, just 38% say they want it upheld. that comes after we got three major studies in the last year suggesting a large number of employers are either actively considering dropping their employee-respond errerespond sponsored insurance. while there is argument whether obamacare will save money in the long run businesses will pay $30 billion more in healthcare premiums than they would without the law. chris stirewalt is our digital politics editor and host of power play. this is it, we get to find out how the supreme court gets to rule this this case, the most important case we've seen in decades. it likely will happen monday, if not monday, tuesday or wednesday. if the supreme court strikes it down in whole or in part what is the risk as john boehner points out in republicans, quot
john boehner warning the republicans, do not spike the football this it is overturned in whole or in part. americans are already enjoying their phraseology. let's look at what real americans are saying and how the law will actually affect them. according to a survey 52% of likely voters want this law own turned, just 38% say they want it upheld. that comes after we got three major studies in the last year suggesting a large number of employers are either actively considering dropping their...
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this is the fly in the ointment for speaker boehner for sure. there is a lot of talk that he doesn't have the support to cut these deals. bret baier broke out some fantastic numbers saying we take in $5 billion a day. we spend $11 billion. no matter how much you raise taxes. can you imagine if we ran our households like that. you make $50 and you go home at night and shop online and you spend $110 day after day. that's how we are running our country. the reality is all of these goar yaitions don't even come close to solving our problems. megyn: we'll look back at the rich and say we raised your taxes by 4% to%. we are unrealistic in the amount of revenue we thought we needed. and at some point they will have to talk about spending cuts but no one has that curling. even the republicans are saying let's forget the spending cuts. >> reporter: it seems like no one has th the courage. we have to turn into greece first. depending on which of these scenarios we are talking about. it's all nothing. eventually they run out of money. the fed keeps print i
this is the fly in the ointment for speaker boehner for sure. there is a lot of talk that he doesn't have the support to cut these deals. bret baier broke out some fantastic numbers saying we take in $5 billion a day. we spend $11 billion. no matter how much you raise taxes. can you imagine if we ran our households like that. you make $50 and you go home at night and shop online and you spend $110 day after day. that's how we are running our country. the reality is all of these goar yaitions...
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megyn: you're telling me john boehner's going to agree to that? >> he's agreed -- he's saying, he's making con conciliatory nos that maybe we don't mind if we get more money coming in from the rich. he wants to get rid of loopholes, but the effect is more money coming into the treasury. harry reid says tax the rich. trumka says don't cut entitlements, no, no, no, and don't worry about the deficit. you add that up, and that is a deal on the fiscal cliff, but the stock market doesn't like it, and the economy won't do well in it. that's the bottom line. megyn: all right. we'll see what they do with the fiscal cliff. they tried to fix it twice, twice they failed, now we're getting close to the deadline, and they're like, oh, we'll punt again. okay, fine. washington's going to do what it's going to do. what about obamacare? that, all sort of the bad stuff, if you will, of obamacare, the taxes, the penalties people are going to have to pay, they started in obama 2.0, and that starts in 2014. how big of an impact is that going to have? is. >> big. the re
megyn: you're telling me john boehner's going to agree to that? >> he's agreed -- he's saying, he's making con conciliatory nos that maybe we don't mind if we get more money coming in from the rich. he wants to get rid of loopholes, but the effect is more money coming into the treasury. harry reid says tax the rich. trumka says don't cut entitlements, no, no, no, and don't worry about the deficit. you add that up, and that is a deal on the fiscal cliff, but the stock market doesn't like...
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john boehner from the very beginning put 800 billion in revenue on the table. the president was known to say, well, that's mine. i get that one for free. i don't have to give anything in return. the president in addressing a deficit added $1.6 trillion in new spending. gregg: yeah. >> so who are we joking right now? the president has never taken the spending side of this equation seriously, which is why we don't have a deal. republicans have put their necks on the line supporting new revenues, the president's not coming through. gregg: senator barrasso said the president does want to go over the cliff, because he wants to punish republicans. is there something to that? >> i don't think there's anything to that, but the reality is that if he wants to get anything done, he has two options. he either breaks the republicans on taxes, or he breaks the republicans. i read that somewhere, and i thought it was a fantastic quote. but i do think that he is going -- i don't think any of us want to see the country go off the cliff. gregg: maybe he just didn't think $16 tri
john boehner from the very beginning put 800 billion in revenue on the table. the president was known to say, well, that's mine. i get that one for free. i don't have to give anything in return. the president in addressing a deficit added $1.6 trillion in new spending. gregg: yeah. >> so who are we joking right now? the president has never taken the spending side of this equation seriously, which is why we don't have a deal. republicans have put their necks on the line supporting new...
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. >> it is hard to understand why speaker boehner would walk away from this kind of deal and, frankly, if you look at the commentary out there, there are a lot of republicans that are puzzled as to why it couldn't get done. it doesn't get any better than endless shrimp at red lobster. with a wide variety, you can mix and match all day. scampi, grilled, the fried -- there's nothing better. [ male announcer ] at last, red lobster's endlesshrimp is back, but only for a limid time, for just $1. try as much as you like, any way you like, like new parmesan crusted srimp or new teriyaki grilled shrimp, all with salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits, for just $14.99. [ ryan ] they can try everythin they love it. i'm ryan isabell. i'm a server for red lobster, and i sea food differently and one wedding, 2 kids, 43 bottles of olay total effects and many birthdays later, still looks amazing. thanks to the trusted performance of olay. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever e
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that will be a political decision that will be up to speaker boehner. many believe republicans should have taken that step months ago. martha: william lajeunesse, thank you. the speaker of the house reacting to the testimony on "operation fast & furious." here is what john boehner said when asked if congress could reach a deal with the department of justice that would allow the attorney general to avoid that contempt resolution. >> there are no conversations going on. the department has not responded to the leadership letter that went down there several weeks ago. the department of justice has not responded to the subpoena issued by chairman issa. and we are going to do everything we can to hold the department of justice accountable for what did or did not happen with regard to fast and furious. martha: the suggestion they are stonewalling, they are not getting back to them on any of this. boehner adds all the options are still on the table for holding the justice department accountable for fast and furious. julian epstein and a jay sekulow will join us
that will be a political decision that will be up to speaker boehner. many believe republicans should have taken that step months ago. martha: william lajeunesse, thank you. the speaker of the house reacting to the testimony on "operation fast & furious." here is what john boehner said when asked if congress could reach a deal with the department of justice that would allow the attorney general to avoid that contempt resolution. >> there are no conversations going on. the...
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we just got word on the other end of the avenue, john boehner has arrived at the capitol. so who will really be there to blame on january 1 if those potentially devastating tax hikes and spending cuts actually go into effect? do you really want to look at your paycheck on that first week or two? heather: yeah. no. gregg: no. anybody want to look at their paycheck? no. heather: i will take a look at yours. gregg: no. heather: okay. they rushed into a nuclear disaster to do whatever they could to help but now a group of u.s. sailors is suing over japan's fukushima nuclear plant meltdown. they claim officials lied through their teeth about the dangers. do they have a case? we will debate it. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no way. [ male announcer ] sorry. alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast acting decongestant to relieve your stuffy nose
we just got word on the other end of the avenue, john boehner has arrived at the capitol. so who will really be there to blame on january 1 if those potentially devastating tax hikes and spending cuts actually go into effect? do you really want to look at your paycheck on that first week or two? heather: yeah. no. gregg: no. anybody want to look at their paycheck? no. heather: i will take a look at yours. gregg: no. heather: okay. they rushed into a nuclear disaster to do whatever they could to...
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but we have to go to speaker boehner. >> the president will have a decision to make. he can call on the senate democrats to pass that bill or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in american history. megyn: apparently we missed the beginning of that where he said he's going to pass his plan and they are apparently at impasse. let's bring back our and so we can talk about this. let's shift gears. do we have the beginning cued up? here, let me show you what you missed. stand by. >> good afternoon, everyone. republicans continue to work toward avoiding the fiscal cliff. the president's offer of $1.3 trillion in revenues and $850 billion in spending reductions fails to meet the test that the president promised the american people a balanced approach. and i hope that the president will get serious soon will providing and working with us on a balanced approach. tomorrow the house will pass legislation to make permanent tax relief for nearly every american. 99.81% of the american people. the president will have a decision to make. he can call on the senate demo
but we have to go to speaker boehner. >> the president will have a decision to make. he can call on the senate democrats to pass that bill or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in american history. megyn: apparently we missed the beginning of that where he said he's going to pass his plan and they are apparently at impasse. let's bring back our and so we can talk about this. let's shift gears. do we have the beginning cued up? here, let me show you what you missed. stand...
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if the supreme court strikes it down in whole or in part what is the risk as john boehner points out in republicans, quote, spraoeubging the football? >> let me tell you, this town is freaked out about what is going to happen when the supreme court actually rules. it's been hanging over washington's head forever it seems like. people are very anxious about it. when the court said they weren't coming on thursday you could feel the tension ratchet up one more round. people are very, very anxious about this. and with good reason, what you've just described, the stakes are so huge. this changes what the supreme court does here changes the game for everybody. what boehner is trying to tell republicans and i think this is a very smart thing for him to have done, what he is saying here is look, whatever we do, democrats are going to accuse republicans of being happy that certain provisions, or certain things for needy people, the most appealing parts of the president's law have been taken away. and democrats want to do that very much, they want to be able to say that the republicans are ste
if the supreme court strikes it down in whole or in part what is the risk as john boehner points out in republicans, quote, spraoeubging the football? >> let me tell you, this town is freaked out about what is going to happen when the supreme court actually rules. it's been hanging over washington's head forever it seems like. people are very anxious about it. when the court said they weren't coming on thursday you could feel the tension ratchet up one more round. people are very, very...
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president obama met with top lawmakers including house speaker john boehner. both sides claim they are willing to compromise you they are at odds for tax increases for high-income earners. rick: a lot is at stake if no deal is reached in time. the national budget office claims the economy would be thrown back into a recession and increase unemployment by 2 million. the pentagon indicated cuts would devastate the country's economy. happy thanksgiving to you and your family. they have got to make a deal, don't they? >> they have to. you highlighted the congressional budget office estimates. if a deal is not made they estimate the first quarter of 2013 we would have a 4% dip in the overall economy. so that coupled with unemployment i think democrats and republicans have to come together to mold and fortify some plan, whether that be eliminating tax loopholes. cutting tax rates a bit. and, you know, cutting spending as well. rick: you mean raising tax rates? >> excuse me. raising tax rates. i think raising tax rates a bit will be okay for the overall marketplace a
president obama met with top lawmakers including house speaker john boehner. both sides claim they are willing to compromise you they are at odds for tax increases for high-income earners. rick: a lot is at stake if no deal is reached in time. the national budget office claims the economy would be thrown back into a recession and increase unemployment by 2 million. the pentagon indicated cuts would devastate the country's economy. happy thanksgiving to you and your family. they have got to make...
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it's called the boehner rule. one dollar in spending increase for one dollar for debt limit increase. you balance the budge net 10 years without raising taxes. the republicans aren't giving this up any time and neither are democrats. megyn: do you see irony that the president wants to eliminate congress from raising the debt limit. when he was a senator he said in part we are debating raising a debt limit and he said this is a sign of leadership failure. increasing america's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. washington is shifting the burden on the backs of our children and grandchildren. america has a debt problem and a failure of leadership and america deserves better. >> it's true when bill clinton left office in 2000 we had you are plus and the deficit would have been eliminated as we sit here today what changed that was the republican president and congress. what put us on the path we are on now is not democrats. we would have no collective debt at all if we had left in place the clinton budge
it's called the boehner rule. one dollar in spending increase for one dollar for debt limit increase. you balance the budge net 10 years without raising taxes. the republicans aren't giving this up any time and neither are democrats. megyn: do you see irony that the president wants to eliminate congress from raising the debt limit. when he was a senator he said in part we are debating raising a debt limit and he said this is a sign of leadership failure. increasing america's debt weakens us...
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john boehner has said let's put everybody else aside and let's you and i speak and i think that is a good idea. >> i just hope the fray has a christmas album. i'm going to buy a hundred of them give them out to everybody i know. i don't know what kind of music they do, i don't know who isaac is but i love this group. alisyn: for every fray cd i'm buying addictionee chick. >> i bet you would. alisyn: that's great. they are both great bands. thanks so much, gentlemen for coming in and debating music. meanwhile, fallout from a dorm room argument could land one college student behind bars. we've got the details and this story. a stunning turn of events as lawmakers in one heavily unionized state approve some sweeping rights to work laws. and while these are expected to attract jobs in michigan the powerful unions say they are not going down without a fight. up next, the team of big cat experts who were held up by the taliban, lost in a dust storm and nearly killed by a rock slide before catching one of the most illusive animals on the face of the earth. my doctor told me calcium is effic
john boehner has said let's put everybody else aside and let's you and i speak and i think that is a good idea. >> i just hope the fray has a christmas album. i'm going to buy a hundred of them give them out to everybody i know. i don't know what kind of music they do, i don't know who isaac is but i love this group. alisyn: for every fray cd i'm buying addictionee chick. >> i bet you would. alisyn: that's great. they are both great bands. thanks so much, gentlemen for coming in and...
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and that is double the amount that john boehner reportedly offered him when they were trying to avoid the fiscal cliff last summer. one wonders whether, given that he just re-won the white house -- the president thinks he's in a better position to convince john boehner? reporter: well, it will be interesting to see. there has been talk that he might start on the campaign trail again. he might hold rallies after thanksgiving. saying that we need to war money from the people that make a higher income. this is back in august of 2011, part of the debt deal negotiations. that is what blew up those talks. the idea of 1.6 billion -- things will change. but as of right now, that would be an absolute nonstarter among senators on capitol hill. megyn: these republicans, many of them were reelected. i am going to venture to say that they have a mandate from their constituents to keep doing what they have been doing. particularly in not raising taxes, which is such a thorny issue over the past few years. notwithstanding the fact that when you survey the majority of americans, they want to see taxe
and that is double the amount that john boehner reportedly offered him when they were trying to avoid the fiscal cliff last summer. one wonders whether, given that he just re-won the white house -- the president thinks he's in a better position to convince john boehner? reporter: well, it will be interesting to see. there has been talk that he might start on the campaign trail again. he might hold rallies after thanksgiving. saying that we need to war money from the people that make a higher...
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but it's house speaker john boehner who has really been digging into the president saying tonight's speech will be nothing more than a bid for re-election come forward. >> the president has been in total campaign mode since labor day. and since the campaign apparently wrote the speech i expect we'll hear a campaign speech. megyn: lou dobbs of the fox business network hosts lou bobs tonight. he's with us now. lou, already you're hearing it over and over that's it's going to be a campaign speech, not a substantive speech. the president will folk news part on the economy but we're also told will zero in on economic unfairness. >> reporter: right. megyn: your thoughts. >> reporter: megyn, this is already part of the theater that is the state of the union address. both sides now the white house letting it be known what will be in his speech, the opposition, john boehner and other republicans attacking what is purportedly in that speech. the reality is this president will be driving the message of unfairness in our economy, and it's going to occur at a time as you well know that we are so polari
but it's house speaker john boehner who has really been digging into the president saying tonight's speech will be nothing more than a bid for re-election come forward. >> the president has been in total campaign mode since labor day. and since the campaign apparently wrote the speech i expect we'll hear a campaign speech. megyn: lou dobbs of the fox business network hosts lou bobs tonight. he's with us now. lou, already you're hearing it over and over that's it's going to be a campaign...
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megyn: fox news alert, we are awaiting speaker john boehner's reaction to the supreme court's decision upholding the president's health care law. we will take those remarks live when they happen right here. in the meantime, we begin with this: it is a landmark day in the history of our country. we are waiting to hear not just from the speaker of the house, but from several other people who are expected to comment on the ruling that came out this morning addressing the supreme court's 5-4 decision upholding the controversial individual insurance mandate at the heart of the president's health care overhaul. welcome, everybody, i'm megyn kelly, and the news is breaking this afternoon. the chief justice of the united states, john roberts, a george w. bush appointee to the high court, siding with the four left-leaning justices ultimately allowing the law to stand. for the most part. interestingly, lawmakers had argued that the individual mandate was not a tax. we were repeatedly told this is not a tax, even the president himself in justifying the law and pushing for it prior to its passage
megyn: fox news alert, we are awaiting speaker john boehner's reaction to the supreme court's decision upholding the president's health care law. we will take those remarks live when they happen right here. in the meantime, we begin with this: it is a landmark day in the history of our country. we are waiting to hear not just from the speaker of the house, but from several other people who are expected to comment on the ruling that came out this morning addressing the supreme court's 5-4...
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so you have republicans like john boehner the house speaker saying you can't just make tax changes in the short term and promise down the road you will cut spending, you will reform medicare. this is where the debate is headed. both parties are split even more than we have seen with this development. you have the white house suggesting they want to deal with the tax part of this. and the republicans saying let's see the spending cuts. megyn: i don't see -- what would make the republicans in terms of just a sheer bargaining power. what would make them agree to tax hikes on the rich if they didn't get spending cuts? it's the one thing they don't want and they are holding sort of those middle class taxes and the other side they are holding them hostage, right, the democrats say that. but they are sort of holding out -- we are not going to raise tax for anybody until we get our spending cuts. >> reporter: jay carney in one of his other answers to a question suggested the pressure on republicans and everyone, is that there is a deadline on the so-called fiscal cliff which is if you don't d
so you have republicans like john boehner the house speaker saying you can't just make tax changes in the short term and promise down the road you will cut spending, you will reform medicare. this is where the debate is headed. both parties are split even more than we have seen with this development. you have the white house suggesting they want to deal with the tax part of this. and the republicans saying let's see the spending cuts. megyn: i don't see -- what would make the republicans in...
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>> i think john boehner is furious about this. it raises constitutional issues. president obama has never hidden what he wants to do, what haste philosophy is. he has told us over many months that he's going to end run the congress, democrats and republicans alike. recess appointments, this is one of the many paces to th pieces to the pudz h the puzzle. martha: let's bring in sally. >> you have republicans who are not going to confirm the man to the position because they object to the existence of the agency that their own congress passed. the president, though it sounds wants to protect american consumers from the excesses and dangers of a financial sector that has got even out of control, and without question has created record foreclosures, has hurt our economy, has hurt the cause of jobs. he wants to create some accountability. martha: as the president said no one is objecting to richard cordray as a person, a capable man, someone who can handle this job. the problem is the agency itself, that it will be a huge bureaucrat i can power grab, that it will make i
>> i think john boehner is furious about this. it raises constitutional issues. president obama has never hidden what he wants to do, what haste philosophy is. he has told us over many months that he's going to end run the congress, democrats and republicans alike. recess appointments, this is one of the many paces to th pieces to the pudz h the puzzle. martha: let's bring in sally. >> you have republicans who are not going to confirm the man to the position because they object to...
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megyn: an emotional speaker john boehner in front of the congress. house democratic leader nancy pelosi said time will continue to tell the true story of 9/11 and how the families turned this national tragedy into a time of unity. look at this picture. they were trying to recreate, to pay homage to that moment of unity we brought you an hour earlier when they spontaneously came out on the steps of the u.s. capitol and broke into god bless america in the evening hours of 9/11. brit hume was anchoring on the fox news channel, doing his broadcast about the events of that day and stopped, silenced by the extraordinary sight of that moment. and just a flashback to it here today. the health compensation plan for first responders down at ground zero who got sick from the toxic dust at the recovery site will expand to cover 50 more cancers including breast and colon cancer, leukemia and lymphoma. it will take an act of congress some set aside more funds for the program to be able to continue. >> i had to retire in 2008 from lung damage, sleep apnea, a whole
megyn: an emotional speaker john boehner in front of the congress. house democratic leader nancy pelosi said time will continue to tell the true story of 9/11 and how the families turned this national tragedy into a time of unity. look at this picture. they were trying to recreate, to pay homage to that moment of unity we brought you an hour earlier when they spontaneously came out on the steps of the u.s. capitol and broke into god bless america in the evening hours of 9/11. brit hume was...
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speaker boehner has clearly been slow walking this contempt citation. if they believe they have the goods on holder an was secretly mastermind can the gun walking they would have taken a contempt citation to the floor months ago. if it does get to the floor it will be sometime in october when it's too late to prosecute it. when senator cornyn called on holder to resign, the leader of the senate mitch mcconnell refused to endorse that. the leaders of both parties have failed to back up those who have been making the allegations against mr. holder. megyn: you never know if the leader in the senate wants him to face contempt charges. let me ask you this, jay. i have got to move things along. let me ask you have this, jay. >> the committees are doing their work here. megyn: i want to ask you this. we are at a point where senator grassley said earlier today they demand 80,000 documents, they have gotten 7,000. he said nothing but the 70,000 will satisfy him. nothing but the 70,000. we tried that. no. it's time to produce the documents. he's not going to fork
speaker boehner has clearly been slow walking this contempt citation. if they believe they have the goods on holder an was secretly mastermind can the gun walking they would have taken a contempt citation to the floor months ago. if it does get to the floor it will be sometime in october when it's too late to prosecute it. when senator cornyn called on holder to resign, the leader of the senate mitch mcconnell refused to endorse that. the leaders of both parties have failed to back up those who...
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john boehner was asked an said he's willing to give a little on loopholes. but not a single question. he says he takes a balanced approach and that's what the people in the room think. he's balanced. same thing on benghazi. we have all these questions on benghazi and they are not answering. you have to go to denver to get a local radio host? megyn: there were two questions about benghazi. one was from ed henry. but they only had eight questions. i knew that sitting in this anchor chair. they my that. they are the white house press corps. you are telling me these are all issues that matter to some americans. climate change, immigration and so on. but when you only have eight questions and there isn't a question about how we are going to gets the debt under control or what we are going to do about the 23 million americans. >> i agree about whether he was going to meet with mitt romney was a waste of a question. megyn: if you had 20, go for it. >> i think we all agree on all sides that that was definitely a waste of a question. i want to push back on this softb
john boehner was asked an said he's willing to give a little on loopholes. but not a single question. he says he takes a balanced approach and that's what the people in the room think. he's balanced. same thing on benghazi. we have all these questions on benghazi and they are not answering. you have to go to denver to get a local radio host? megyn: there were two questions about benghazi. one was from ed henry. but they only had eight questions. i knew that sitting in this anchor chair. they my...